1982

The genesis

David Thomas, the firm's principal, begins providing investment management consulting services to his clients, marking the origin of the practice that would become Equitas.

September 2002

Equitas Capital Advisors is established

Equitas Capital Advisors, LLC is formally founded, designed to blend the resources of a large corporation with the flexibility of a local, independent firm: national quality with local delivery.

Today

200 years, combined

Headquartered in downtown New Orleans, Equitas now carries 200 years of combined investment consulting experience, serving corporations, endowments, foundations, family offices, and high net worth individuals.

A History of Innovation

Vehicles we brought to clients first

Across four decades, Equitas has proactively introduced clients to emerging investment vehicles as they matured, staying well ahead of the crowd.

1982
Professional Money Management
1989
REITs
1994
Hedge Funds
1998
Structured Notes
2002
TIPS
2005
Commodities
2010
Bank Debt
2011
Master Limited Partnerships
2012
Active Asset Allocation
2014
Unconstrained Bonds
2017
Artificial Intelligence

Firm history sourced from equitas.capital/company. See the Team page to meet the people carrying this history forward.

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